In the past three years, the First Prince and the Second Prince had looked calm and quiet on the surface, but they had been making a lot of moves in private, and Song Si did not believe that the Emperor did not know about it. The second prince proposed this idea and the emperor could easily agree to it, could it be that he wanted to take the opportunity to let Yue’er be killed?
Thinking of this possibility, Song Si broke out in a cold sweat and the words came out of her mouth, “Yue’er, you can’t go!”
Song Wan Yue knew what he was worried about and reassured, “Brother, don’t worry, I’ll be fine, you’ve forgotten that we still have the Second Prince behind us.”
“That’s too dangerous, you can’t go. When we donated one million silver, didn’t the Emperor promise you a request, now is the time to use that request.”
The emperor’s golden words could not go back on his word. As long as Yue’er was not allowed to go, Yue would not be in danger.
“If he wants to deal with me, even if I don’t go, he has other ways, so why don’t I just make the trip. Maybe we’re overthinking it.”
How could we be overthinking?!
Song Si was so anxious that he stood up and walked back and forth around the room.
Song Wan Yue calmly sipped her tea, and after a few thoughts in her heart, she slowly spoke, “Big brother, there is something I want to tell you.”
Song Si stopped in his tracks and rested both hands on the back of his chair, “What is it?”
“There is a possibility that Gu Yi is not dead.”
Bang!
As Song Wangyue’s words fell, Song Si fell to the ground with his chair, the chair hit him and he didn’t feel any pain, he just lay there on the ground staring blankly at Song Wangyue.
Song Wan Yue put down her tea, bent down and took the chair away from her, and went to help him.
Song Si stared at her, his lips twitching violently, for a long time before he let out a trembling voice, “You, you, you ……”
At the beginning, because of the Gu family’s tragic death, he accompanied Yue’er to the palace gate to beat the drum and sue the imperial court, the emperor relegated the third prince to Youzhou and gave them a million taels of silver in compensation. If Gu Yi hadn’t died, then they would be, well, falsely accusing the emperor!
“Don’t be afraid yet, it’s my guess.”
Song Si closed her eyes and took several deep breaths before reopening them, standing up, holding her chair up and sitting down, picking up the tea on the table and drinking it dry in one gulp, suppressing the panic that filled her heart, her voice still trembling slightly, “How did you guess so?”
He did not want Gu Yi to die, but if Gu Yi did not die, he and Yue’er were falsely accusing the emperor. That …… would be a disaster of annihilation for the Song family!
“The third prince had returned, at the behest of that one.”
Song Si was incredulous.
“Three years ago, when we went to Jiangnan, we encountered water bandits on the way ……”
This was something Song Si knew, and Song Wangyue didn’t hide it from him when he returned, and he didn’t think much of it at the time, because there had been water bandits there for a long time.
“At that time there were still people sent by the Third Prince on the island, from their mouths I knew that the Third Prince had returned to the capital at that time, that’s why they sent someone to contact those water bandits to kill us half way, I was thinking at that time, since the Emperor thought so highly of the Third Prince, I thought that in a few years he would find a reason to get him back. But, three years have passed and the emperor has not ordered it, so there is only one possibility, the emperor has explicitly relegated him to Youzhou, but privately he should have told him to check Gu Yi’s whereabouts.”
“Checking, checking Gu Yi’s life and death?”
Song Wangyue nodded her head.
“You, how do you know?”
Song Wangyue looked at him, one word at a time very clearly, “Because Gu Yi didn’t die in the first place, I knew that when I collected his skeleton.”
As Song Wangyue’s words fell, the study fell into silence.
It was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard!
So quiet that Song Si could hear his own heartbeat!
He covered his chest with his hand and tried to gasp for air, but he couldn’t. His lips opened and closed, but not a sound came out.
Song Wangyue knew that Song Si would get a huge shock after she said it, but she was still shocked to see him like this, so she got up and went over to smooth his breath.
Song Si didn’t even have the strength to brush her hand away, he just stared at her dumbfounded, this is a big crime to turn your head, she, she, she ……
He closed his eyes but didn’t say anything to blame, he knew Yue’er took her family very seriously and wouldn’t do that for no reason, she must have her own reasons for hiding it from her family.
“He’s not of ordinary status?”
Song Si barely made a sound.
“Yes.”
Sons tightened his grip, “Who is he?”
“King Qin’s only son, Chu Yunxiao.”
Song Si looked at her sharply, his pupils contracting sharply.
In the past few years at the Ministry of Household, he had not only learned about the various official families and the great families, but also some old stories, including King Qin’s, knowing how he had died and what crimes he had committed, but he had never dreamed that his own family would be involved with King Qin’s family.
It was a long time before he made another difficult sound, “Sure, sure?”
“Positive.”
Song Si closed his eyes again, his mind buzzing, and he waved his hand, gesturing for Song Wangyue to keep quiet for now, he had to calm himself down and think of a foolproof way to save his family.
Song Wangyue sat back and waited quietly.
Only after a long time did Song Si speak in a dumb voice, “Do you know where he is?”
Song Wan Yue shook her head, even if she knew, she wouldn’t dare to say anything now, her elder brother had received too much of a shock today, he needed to take a break.
“So, the emperor, having followed the second prince’s advice to let you go to the border, is really preparing to kill you so that he can lure Gu Yi out?”
“I think it should be, so I must go on this trip, if I can lend the Second Prince’s hand to get rid of the Third Prince, we will be able to rest easy in the future.”
That’s easy to say, that’s a prince, isn’t he that easy to kill? But Song Si couldn’t think of any other way and looked at her, “I’ll go to the Second Prince’s residence and ask him to send more men to you. ”
Song Wangyue did not object.
Song Si got up and walked out, when she reached the door she suddenly thought of something and paused abruptly, if Gu Yi is the son of King Qin, then isn’t he, isn’t he ……”
He quickly turned back to Song Wangyue and asked eagerly, “How did you know Gu Yi’s identity, did Gu Yi tell you, or, or ……”
“I guessed it myself, I haven’t gone to the Ding Guo Mansion to confirm it yet, but eight or nine is not far off.”
Song Si nodded her head, ten thousand times glad there was still the Ding Guo Mansion.
“You are not allowed to go anywhere, wait until I return.”
Song Wangyue answered honestly, before Song Si turned around again and hurriedly headed out.
Only when she heard his footsteps disappear did Song Wan Yue let out a long breath, picked up the cold tea and took a few sips, then the corners of her mouth curled up in a dangerous arc, “Chu Yunxiao, you wait for me, how will I fix you up after I see the face!”
The Second Prince naturally would not disagree with Song Si’s request and promised to send twenty secret guards to follow and escort him.
The second prince heard the meaning of his words and added ten more.